GENERAL OFFICER’S SWORD SLINGS

GENERAL OFFICER’S SWORD SLINGS

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$450.00

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Item Code: 1273-17

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A very good condition and very hard-to-find set of sword slings for a Civil War general officer’s sword belt. For General Officers US regulations specified sword belts of standard configuration, but made of “Russia leather,” a high-grade leather with reddish color, decorated with three lines of gold bullion embroidery, with extant examples showing the use of very high-grade M1851 sword belt plates and the bullion embroidery done directly in the leather, as here, rather than applied. We show the illustration used in the 1864 Schuyler, Hartley and Graham catalog.

Both slings are full-length and in very good condition. The shorter, forward sling retains both the brass oval loop that would have been secured in a flat loop sewn to the side of the belt, and the brass carrying hook, which would engaged the upper carrying ring of the sword scabbard to prevent the sword dragging on the ground when the officer was on foot. The strap ends with a rounded tip that in turn is secured by a double-pronged figure-8 buckle to a shorter strap holding the snap hook for the scabbard ring, the buckle permitting some adjustment of length if necessary. The longer, rear sling is also full-length and retains at top the oval brass loop for attachment to the belt and has the same form of attachment for the snap hook using a double-prong buckle.

Both slings are supple. The longer sling shows three chips to the edge on the lower portion that reach the first line of bullion embroidery, but do not extend into it and there is no unravelling of the metallic thread or loose strands. As is typical, the red color has oxidized to a soft brown, the gilt bullion embroidery shows as a muted silver, and the brass elements have a mellow, aged tone. This is characteristic of General Officer’s belts and is likely the case of any you might think of pairing these with.

These are hard to find on the loose, often having been broken off and lost from a general’s belt. Even left unattached and displayed loose next to a general officer’s belt and sword, they would add a great deal.   [sr][ph:L]

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